Father disowns Veena after nude cover scandal: Report

Pakistani starlet Veena Malik's father Malik Mohammad Aslam has reportedly disowned his daughter for 'appearing nude' on the cover of FHM magazine, according to the Mirror.

Reports say, Veena's father Malik Mohammad Aslam said that he is not impressed with the situation. He has also demanded that she make a promise not to visit India once the scandal is over.

"I have disowned her," the Mirror quoted him as saying.

"I have severed all ties with her and I don't want her to have any share in whatever meagre assets I have until she is cleared of the controversy and pledges not to visit India again," the report quoted him as saying.

"I can ignore if she disobeys me but I cannot tolerate anything against my country and my faith," he added.

Veena had earlier denied posing nude for the magazine cover and insisted that her pictures were morphed. She also filed Rs 10 crore lawsuit against the publication, its editor and the photographer accusing them of publishing her morphed picture on the cover page.

The actress took to legal course following an outrage in Pakistan. In the notice sent by her lawyer to the magazine and its editor, Veena stated that she did not pose in the nude and the pictures were morphed.

The actress alleged that the pictures showed to her for consent to publish were not the ones published in the magazine. Claiming "irreparable harm, loss and damage", the notice said the photographer and the editor of the magazine had committed offences punishable under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and slapped them with a Rs.10 crore defamation suit.

Veena is no stranger to controversy. She had also been a whistle-blower on match-fixing in cricket, claiming she got the information from Muhammad Asif, the former Pakistan cricketer who is serving a one-year sentence in the UK for his role in the spot-fixing case.

Her next stop is reality show Swyamvar on Indian television - Veena ka Vivah - where she intends to pick a groom.